BRO achieves breakthrough of 700 meter long Naushera Tunnel on Akhnoor– Poonch National Highway

Director General Border Roads Organisation, Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, VSM attended the breakthrough ceremony of 700 meters Nowshera tunnel on Jammu -Rajouri- Poonch national highway. The national highway connecting Jammu with Rajouri and Poonch districts is presently under upgradation as two lanes with paved shoulders under Border Roads Organisation. A total of 4 tunnels are being constructed on this highway.

Work on Nowshera tunnel was started 7 months ago and it is 700 meters long and will also reduce the distance of Highway stretch by around 11 kms. With the breakthrough ceremony,  both the portals of the tunnel are connected with each other and it is expected that the remaining work of the tunnel will be completed in the next few months and it will be ready for movement of vehicles in the next 6 months.

Director General,  Border Roads Organisation,  Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan while interacting with media termed the breakthrough ceremony of Nowshera tunnel as a landmark achievement in terms of surface transportation upgradation in this border region of Rajouri and Poonch.